year end faves

December 30, 2003 at 6:01 pm · Filed under Linking

I’m stealing an idea from over at Alas and posting my favorites of 2003. These are not necessarily items released in 2003, nor are they the best of the best. They are simply what I first discovered this year and most enjoyed. Each list is in no particular order; I hate having to rank (and I’m feeling too lazy to link).

Favorite albums:
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
all albums by Death Cab for Cutie
Lost In Translation soundtrack
Moonsoon Wedding soundtrack
Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
Onobox by Yoko Ono
Naqoyqatsi by Philip Glass
Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada
604 and Light and Magic by Ladytron
Anxiety Always by Adult.

Favorite songs:
“Joga” by Bjork
“Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez
“Here, There and Everywhere” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles
“Hall of Mirrors” by Kraftwerk
“The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1″ and “Oh Comely” by Neutral Milk Hotel
“Tommib” by Squarepusher
“How Do You Sleep?” by John Lennon
“Things That Scare Me” by Neko Case
“I Fire Myself” by Mary Tmony
“Title and Registration” and “405″ by Death Cab for Cutie

Favorite serious-minded movies:
Welfare
Salaam Bombay!
Gaza Strip
Winged Migration

Favorite entertainment movies:
The Return of the King
Tipping the Velvet
Amores Perros
Lost In Translation
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Spirited Away

Favorite books:
All the non-fiction in particular that I read this year was really great…check out my 2003 books read list.

Favorite online discoveries:
TrekEarth - photography from around the world
Bloglines - feeds aggregator
Radio Paradise - web radio
Dr2.net - web hosting
too many blogs to mention

Here are some interesting year end lists from around the web:

What are your favorites from this year? Tomorrow, I’ll be posting my personal reflections of the year and my intentions for 2004.

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